The inconsistent images of Piranesi’s Carceri. Filling the gap between 2D and 3D representation

Many artists over the centuries have used inconsistent images, and G.B. Piranesi is one of them. The research proposes a method to investigate the ambiguous spaces of the Carceri, based on the integration of architectural, perspective, and perceptual interpretations, which allows the three-dimensional reconstruction of these spaces. Piranesi’s mastery in the art of perspective allowed him to insert impossible figures and hide them simultaneously, alternate rationality and incoherence in a balanced way, and leave the observer the task of putting together the fragments of an insoluble puzzle.